Supporters of The Stratford River Festival

The Avon Navigation Trust maintains and manages the River Avon Navigation from Alveston Weir above Stratford-upon-Avon to Tewkesbury where it joins the River Severn. It winds its way through the Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and Gloucestershire countryside for 47 glorious miles.

For over 100 years the Boathouse has been hiring out small boats and running passenger vessels on the Avon. The river, one of the finest reaches for boating in the country, has remained virtually unchanged in all this time. It is still a real delight, a pleasure to be out on its peaceful waters. Come and relax and enjoy it with us

Bancroft Cruisers is a family business situated on the beautiful River Avon at The Holiday Inn hotel in the centre of Stratford upon Avon. We are the only river cruise company on the River Avon to offer 45 minute River Cruises with our own on-board guide. We also specialise in pre-booked trips, corporate services, parties and school groups.

The Canal and River Trust (formerly British Waterways) has a formation date of April 2012 and the responsibility for 2,000 miles of canals and rivers in England and Wales.

The Inland Waterways Association is a national charity run by volunteers, and has over 17,500 members whose interests include boating, towpath walking, industrial archaeology, nature conservation and many other activities associated with the inland waterways.

The aim of the Stratford upon Avon Canal Society is to conserve the Stratford upon Avon Canal and promote its fullest use.

SWWT

The objective of the Stratford and Warwick Waterways Trust is the promotion through to construction of the extension of the Avon Navigation from Stratford to Warwick and the formation of a junction with the Grand Union Canal. This project entails the restoration of an ancient river navigation, part of a scheme first authorized by Charles the first in 1635. The benefits to the modern waterways network and to the Midlands tourist economy are substantial.